Nxstage alarms app

[pato]

I started nxstage training today and i have to say that was the best dialysis treatment i've had in my seven years of dialysis. But i was kinda overwhelmed when i saw the size of the alarms manual so i figured  there could be an app that will put all these alarms at my fingertips in this age of android smartphones. A quick google search and voila!! I found 'Dailyhemo alarm app'for nxstage system one and pureflow users. Thanks to technology I will not be flipping pages through the user manual when i get my nxstage machine home. Check it out android users!!

[cattlekid]

I agree, this app was great when I had an Android phone.  When I was still on dialysis and we switched to iPhones, it was definitely the app I missed the most.

[MooseMom]

That's really cool!

[obsidianom]

You will find in time that there are very few alsrms with Nxstage and the few alarms are ususallly the same ones so it gets easy anyway. #11 is the most common we get, air alarm , arterial.       #24 if your acess pressure is too high.    " Knock on wood" I dont get alarms now for the most part. Once you get used to it the machine almost runs itself. The pureflow is more likely to alarm when you are making a batch of dialysate , but again, it is fairly rare.

One of the reasons I love Nxstage is the simplicity and ease of use and clean up.
If you have problems the techs are at your phone line in seconds ANY TIME.
 
If you have any questions , ask here , also. Good luck.

[moodyc]

The more you use it, you'll get used to the same alarms going off, and remember what causes them and how to fix them.  I still keep my manual open with the alarms section filed in front of the book, so it's easy to flip through.

[amanda100wilson]

 when I first started using MxStage, my nurse photocopied the pages with the most common alarms on, put them in page protectors and clipped them together with file rings.  Saves having to wield that great big binder when I am on treatment.  I don't use them anymore, but I also had crib sheets for set up and rinse-back procedures that  i used to use.  Hint: for anyone doing this who is new, use a highlighter to highlight the areas where it refers to clamps (red and blue),.  Forgetting to clamp a clamp  is probably  one of the commonest mistakes to make, is startling when you are new, not to mention messy, if you forget to unclamp a clamp and push treatment, can introduce air bubbles.

[Speedy1wrc]

I still keep the app handy for those odd errors. Most of the time though, the alarm triggers an "ooops oh yeah" I screwed up moment.